Esdras 8
1 Estes pois são os chefes de seus pais, com as suas genealogias, dos que subiram comigo de Babilônia no reinado do rei Artaxerxes:
This is a list of the names of the leaders of the clans who came with me up [to Jerusalem] from Babylonia when Artaxerxes was the king [of Persia]:
2 Dos filhos de Phineas, Gersom; dos filhos de Ithamar, Daniel; dos filhos de David, Hatus;
Gershom, from the clan descended from [Aaron’s grandson] Phinehas Daniel, from the clan descended from [Aaron’s son] Ithamar Hattush, the son of Shecaniah, from the clan descended from King David
3 Dos filhos de Sechanias, e dos filhos de páreos, Zacarias; e com ele por genealogias se contaram até cento e cincoênta homens.
Zechariah and 150 [other] men from the clan descended from Parosh
4 Dos filhos de Pahath-moab, Elie-Hoeni, filho de Zerachias; e com ele duzentos homens.
Eliehoenai the son of Zerahiah and 200 other men from the clan descended from Pahath-Moab
5 Dos filhos de Sechanias, o filho de Jehaziel; e com ele trezentos homens.
Shecaniah the son of Jahaziel and 300 other men from the clan descended from Zattu
6 E dos filhos de Adin, Ebed, filho de Jonathan; e com ele cincoênta homens.
Ebed the son of Jonathan and 50 other men from the clan descended from Adin
7 E dos filhos de Elam, Jesaias, filho de Athalias; e com ele setenta homens.
Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah and 70 other men from the clan descended from Elam
8 E dos filhos de Sephatias, Zebadias, filho de Michael; e com ele oitenta homens.
Zebadiah the son of Michael and 80 other men from the clan descended from Shephatiah
9 Dos filhos de Joab, Obadias filho de Jehiel; e com ele duzentos e dezoito homens.
Obadiah the son of Jehiel and 218 other men from the clan descended from Joab
10 E dos filhos de Selomith, o filho de Josiphias; e com ele cento e sessenta homens.
Shelomith the son of Josiphiah and 160 other men from the clan descended from Bani
11 E dos filhos de Bebai, Zacarias, o filho de Bebai; e com ele vinte e oito homens.
Zechariah the son of Bebai and 28 other men from the clan descended from [another man whose name was] Bebai
12 E dos filhos de Azgad, Johanan, o filho de Katan; e com ele cento e dez homens.
Johanan the son of Hakkatan and 110 other men from the clan descended from Azgad
13 E dos últimos filhos de Adonikam, cujos nomes eram estes: Eliphelet, Jeiel e Semais; e com eles sessenta homens.
Also Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah, who returned [here] later with 60 men from the clan descended from Adonikam
14 E dos filhos de Bigvai, Uthai e Zabbud; e com eles setenta homens.
And Uthai and Zaccur and 70 other men from the clan descended from Bigvai.
15 E ajuntei-os para o rio que vai a Ahava, e ficamos ali acampados três dias: então atentei para o povo e para os sacerdotes, e não achei ali nenhum dos filhos de Levi.
I gathered all of them together at the canal that goes [from Babylon] to Ahava [town]. We set up our tents there and stayed there for three days. [During that time] I checked the lists of names and found out that there were priests [going with us], but no [other] descendants of Levi [who could help them in the temple].
16 Enviei pois Eliezer, Ariel, Semaias, e Elnathan, e Jarib, e Elnathan, e Nethan, e Zacarias, e Mesullam, os chefes: como também a Joiarib, e a Elnathan, que eram sábios.
So I summoned Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, two men whose names were Elnathan, and Jarib, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, who were all leaders [of the people]. I also summoned Joiarib and another Elnathan, who were wise.
17 E dei-lhes mandado para Iddo, chefe no lugar de Casiphia: e lhes pus palavras na boca para dizerem a Iddo, seu irmão, e aos nethineos, no lugar de Casiphia, que nos trouxessem ministros para a casa do nosso Deus.
I sent them all to Iddo, the leader of the descendants of Levi, who was living in Casiphia [town], to request that he and his relatives and other men who had worked in the temple send to us some men who would [go/come with us to] work in God’s new temple [in Jerusalem].
18 E trouxeram-nos segundo a boa mão de Deus sobre nós, um homem entendido, dos filhos de Machli, filho de Levi, filho de Israel: a saber: Serebias, com os seus filhos e irmãos, dezoito;
Because God was kind to us, they brought to us a man named Sherebiah and 18 of his sons and other relatives. Sherebiah was a very wise man, a descendant of Mahli, [who was a grandson] of Levi.
19 E a Hasabias, e com ele Jesaias, dos filhos de Merari; com seus irmãos e os filhos deles, vinte;
They also sent to us Hashabiah, along with Jeshaiah, descendants of [Levi’s son] Merari, and 20 of their relatives.
20 E dos nethineos que David e os príncipes deram para o ministério dos levitas, duzentos e vinte nethineos: que todos foram expressos por seus nomes.
They also sent 220 other men to work in the temple. Those men’s ancestors had been appointed by King David to assist the descendants of Levi [who helped the priests in the temple]. I listed/wrote the names of all those men.
21 Então apregoei ali um jejum junto ao rio Ahava, para nos humilharmos diante da face de nosso Deus, para lhe pedirmos caminho direito para nós, e para nossos filhos, e para toda a nossa fazenda.
There alongside the Ahava Canal, I told them that we all would (fast/abstain from eating food) and pray. I also told them that we should humble ourselves in the presence of our God. We prayed that God would protect us while we traveled, and also protect our children and our possessions/belongings.
22 Porque me envergonhei de pedir ao rei exército e cavaleiros para nos defenderem do inimigo no caminho: porquanto tinhamos falado ao rei, dizendo: A mão do nosso Deus é sobre todos os que o buscam para o bem deles, mas a sua força e a sua ira sobre todos os que o deixam.
Previously we had told the king that our God takes care of all those who truly trust in him, but that he becomes very angry with those who refuse to obey him. So I would have been ashamed if I had asked the king to send soldiers and men riding on horses to protect us from our enemies while we were traveling along the road.
23 Nós pois jejuamos, e pedimos isto ao nosso Deus, e moveu-se pelas nossas orações.
So we (fasted/abstained from eating food) and requested God to protect us, and he (answered our prayers/did what we requested.)
24 Então separei doze dos maiorais dos sacerdotes: Serebias, Hasabias, e com eles dez dos seus irmãos.
I chose twelve of the leaders of the priests, Sherebiah and Hashabiah and ten of their relatives.
25 E pesei-lhes a prata, e o ouro, e os vasos: que era a oferta para a casa de nosso Deus, que ofereceram o rei e os seus conselheiros, e os seus príncipes, e todo o Israel que ali se achou.
I appointed them to supervise carrying to Jerusalem the gifts of silver and gold and the other valuable items that the king and his advisors and other officials, and the Israeli people [who were living in Babylonia], had contributed for the temple of our God.
26 E pesei em suas mãos seiscentos e cincoênta talentos de prata, e em vasos de prata cem talentos, e cem talentos de ouro.
As I gave these various items to those priests, I weighed each of the items. This was the total: 25 tons of silver, 100 items made from silver that altogether weighed 7,500 pounds, (7,500 pounds/3,400 kg.) of gold,
27 E vinte taças de ouro, de mil dracmas, e dois vasos de bom metal lustroso, tão desejável como ouro.
20 gold bowls that altogether weighed (19 pounds/8.6 kg.), and two items made of polished bronze that were as valuable as ones made of gold.
28 E disse-lhes: Consagrados sois do Senhor, e sagrados são estes vasos, como também esta prata e este ouro, oferta voluntária, oferecida ao Senhor Deus de vossos pais,
I said to those priests, “You belong to Yahweh, the God whom our ancestors (worshiped/also belonged to), and these valuable things also belong to him. The people themselves gave these things to be offerings to Yahweh (voluntarily/because they wanted to).
29 Vigiai pois, e guardai-os até que os peseis na presença dos maiorais dos sacerdotes e dos levitas, e dos príncipes dos pais de Israel, em Jerusalém, nas câmaras da casa de Deus.
So guard them carefully, and [when we arrive] in Jerusalem, weigh them in the presence of the priests, the descendants of Levi [who will help the priests], and the other Israeli leaders there. They will then put them in the storerooms in the new temple.”
30 Então receberam os sacerdotes e os levitas o peso da prata, e do ouro, e dos vasos, para o trazerem a Jerusalém, à casa de nosso Deus.
So the priests and [other] descendants of Levi took from me all the gifts of silver and gold and the other valuable items, in order to carry them to the temple in Jerusalem.
31 E partimos do rio de Ahava, no dia doze do primeiro mes, para irmos para Jerusalém: e a mão do nosso Deus estava sobre nós, e livrou-nos da mão dos inimigos, e dos que nos armavam ciladas no caminho.
On April 19, we left the Ahava Canal and started to travel to Jerusalem. Our God took care of us, and while we traveled, he prevented our enemies and bandits from (ambushing us/suddenly attacking us).
32 E viemos a Jerusalém, e repousamos ali três dias.
After we arrived in Jerusalem, we rested for three days.
33 E no dia quatro se pesou a prata, e o ouro, e os vasos, na casa do nosso Deus, por mão de Meremoth, filho do sacerdote Urias, e com ele Eleazar, filho de Phineas: e com eles Jozabad, filho de Jesué, e Noadias, filho de Binui, levitas;
Then on the fourth/next day we went to the temple. There the silver and gold and the other items were weighed and given to the priest Meremoth, the son of Uriah. Eleazar the son of Phinehas and two descendants of Levi, Jozabad the son of Jeshua and Noadiah the son of Binnui, were with him.
34 Conforme ao número e conforme ao peso de tudo aquilo; e todo o peso se descreveu no mesmo tempo.
They counted everything, and wrote down how much they weighed, and wrote [a description of] each item.
35 E os transportados, que vieram do cativeiro, ofereceram holocaustos ao Deus de Israel: doze novilhos por todo o Israel, noventa e seis carneiros, setenta e sete cordeiros, e doze bodes em sacrifício pelo pecado: tudo em holocausto ao Senhor.
We who had returned from Babylonia offered to God sacrifices on the altar. We offered twelve bulls for all us Israeli people. We also offered 96 rams and 27 lambs. We also sacrificed twelve goats [to atone] for the sins that all the people had committed. These were all completely burned on the altar.
36 Então deram as ordens do rei aos sátrapas do rei, e aos governadores de aquém do rio; e ajudaram o povo e a casa de Deus.
Some of us who returned [from Babylonia] took to the governors and other officials of the province west of the [Euphrates] River the letter that the king had given to us. [After they read the letter, ] they did all [that they were able to do] for us Israeli people and for the temple of God.
